Lead a high-quality brand new service with genuine operational and pedagogical support, beautiful environments and an attractive salary!
Centre Director | Southern Highlands
Lead a beautifully designed service with genuine operational and pedagogical support behind you.
An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Centre Director to lead a high-quality, purpose-built early learning service in Southern Highlands.
This is an opportunity for a strong early childhood leader who is passionate about quality education, people and practice, and wants to work with an organisation that genuinely invests in its environments, educators and leadership team.
You will be joining an independently owned early learning provider with established services across two states and a strong reputation for creating thoughtfully designed learning environments underpinned by research-led pedagogy.
About the Centre
The service is purpose-built to an exceptionally high standard, with beautiful indoor and outdoor learning environments designed around how children learn, explore and connect. Every room flows directly into outdoor spaces, including undercover areas and thoughtfully landscaped grounds. The physical environment is considered an important part of children's learning and reflects the organisation's educational approach.
The incoming Centre Director will have the opportunity to build its foundations from scratch while bringing their own leadership style and ideas to the centre.
A Different Leadership Model
One of the real strengths of this opportunity is the support surrounding the Centre Director. Rather than expecting one person to manage every aspect of the service independently, the organisation operates a model that supports the Director with operations, marketing and full centre set up.
You will work closely with an experienced Operations Manager who will visit the service, alongside dedicated senior pedagogical leadership.
This allows the Centre Director to focus on what great centre leadership should be about - leading people, building culture, connecting with families and ensuring children experience consistently high-quality education and care.
Education & Pedagogy Quality
Education is at the heart of this organisation. Their approach is research-led, with a strong focus on creating meaningful learning experiences where educators, families and the environment all play an important role in supporting children’s learning, development and curiosity.
Practice is grounded in children's rights, voice and agency, with educators encouraged to co-learn with children and scaffold their interests rather than simply directing their learning. The organisation maintains relationships with universities to ensure its curriculum and practice remain connected to contemporary early childhood research.
About You
We are looking for an experienced early childhood leader who can take ownership of the day-to-day leadership of the service while working collaboratively with a highly experienced broader leadership team.
You will ideally bring: